On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 08:26:02AM +0100, Simon Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Andrew Beattie wrote:
>> > Getting connected is a nightmare. I think it still goes like this:
> >
> > First, you order a phone. You don't want one because you use a mobile
> > for everything but you've got to order a phone.
> >
> > Some weeks later, an engineer comes and fits a socket. It has a phone
> > number.
> >
> > Next, you go to your ISP, tell them your phone number and order ADSL.
> > They then place an order on BT to fit the ADSL stuff on your line
> > (inside the exchange)
> >
> > In the meantime, you connect your router and wait.
> >
> > Some weeks later, ADSL flick the switch (or whatever they do)
> >
> > Finaly, your ISP switches on service. This is the first bit that they
> > are in control of. They know how frustrated you are. They do it quickly.
>> Unless, of course, you order BT broadband at the same time as you order
> your phone when, for some inexplicable reason given that they are supposed
> to be separate companies, they manage to communicate with each other well
> enough that the broadband gets switched on at the same time.
>> Not fishy at all that, nooooo...
"simlutaneous provide"
supposedly you can get these with other BT resellers
Regards,
Paddy
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